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PIN IT I have been lusting at the thought of purple gnocchi for weeks! The secret of how they turned purple is my own, but I will say they taste like any generic potato gnocchi recipe regardless! Sweet Italian sausage is a great pair with any pasta dish, and happily, I found a few links…
PIN IT A day well spent working the New York City Food and Wine Festival! I have always had a love for food television and was thrilled to be a part of an event that Food Network and the Cooking Channel were sponsors of; where all of the proceeds went to the NYC food bank…
PIN IT We all have our favorite kitchen tools and I would love to know what yours is? Tell me and I will find you the best brands, I love shopping for kitchen tools! In fact, I’ve been doing it all week to get ready for our next shoot at PowerHouse Productions. So excited to…
It’s always bittersweet leaving something behind; family, friends, pets, the comfort of your home and cozy bed. It’s always that eerie feeling leaving behind an experience, or a larger part of a lifetime… like tomorrow when I depart from Ugento, Puglia. I don’t know what has happened to the time between January and present. It’s…
PIN IT I don’t really know what you are but you are so delicious! Pantry staples like turmeric, marinated olives, Dijon mustard, beans, and gin soaked golden raisins (from fathers stash) make chicken thighs & rice a novelty! Recipe (see at the click of the button) OR create your own with these ingredients and let…
Sometimes food can be really strange. Evoke emotions through patterns & edges, colors &aromas. It’s truly an art form more times than not. And even though we grow up being told to “stop playing with our food” we continue to do so anyways… like this. Hunger doesn’t strike while looking at these photos. The peculiar…

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ENJOY: Extruded dried pasta for sale | Italian bakes | espresso drinks
WHEN: Saturday april 11th, from 11 am-4 pm at Anthropologie, Hoboken
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